Exodus 16:35:8Exod.16.35.W8TAB
אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ
elerets
“to a land”
- Transliteration
- el-E-rets
- Extended
- ehl-EH-rets
- IPA
- /ʔel.ˈʔɛ.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- to a land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-E-rets
- phraseyour reading level
el-E-rets no-SHA-vet
- clause
u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL akh-LU et-ha-MAN ar-ba-IM sha-NA ad-bo-AM el-E-rets no-SHA-vet
- sentence
u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL akh-LU et-ha-MAN ar-ba-IM sha-NA ad-bo-AM el-E-rets no-SHA-vet et-ha-MAN akh-LU ad-bo-AM el-ke-TSE E-rets ke-na-AN
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase ad-boam el-erets noshevet {עַד־בֹּאָם אֶל־אֶרֶץ נוֹשָׁבֶת | ʿaḏ-bō-ʾām ʾel-ʾe-reṣ nō-šā-ḇeṯ} marks the general endpoint at “a land inhabited.”
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“land, ground”
In context — Exodus 16:35
And the sons of Israel ate the manna for forty years until they came to a settled region ; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:35:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 16:35, so the Hebrew word אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ (elerets) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.16.35.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.35.W8.S1) and character.